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cleaning up

should you always clean up your edges and vetex's? i was just wondering while creating my model if it should be done or not? also i got another...

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by jtg91

22-03-2007|03:58 PM

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hi i am sridevi.ponugoti

i am very intrested to learn maya please help me

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by xsx

22-03-2007|10:05 AM

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Rendering? How do I get a clean clear untextured render?

How do I get create a render that looks like this? http://www.casa.ucl.ac.uk/andy/blogimages/ucl.jpg or this... ...

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by gster123

22-03-2007|06:08 AM

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very very new and confused

Hi, I've very recently been exposed to some CG art and have been overwhelmed!! I've been reading through some of the forums and noticed that...

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by bierius

22-03-2007|05:11 AM

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Problems inserting isoparms

I got a problem. When I am modeling with nurbs, and wants to insert isoparms on an object, the object gets completely unchangeable afterwards. I...

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by Sgart

22-03-2007|12:23 AM

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Global control and leg rotation problem

I've got another issue with my rig. The rig's got a global control that drives the rotation, scale and translation of the whole rig - so I can...

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by JamesP

21-03-2007|07:03 PM

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UV texture placement doesn't stick?

Greetings, This site is quite extensive, I did look through it, but I must admit I might have overlooked this part, if I posted this double,...

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by pegla

21-03-2007|01:27 PM

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MacBook Pro and a 2-button mouse....

Greetings, I do know from this forum and other recommendations that a 3-button mouse is critical. Makes sense. There are times though that I...

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by Jr.Who

21-03-2007|01:23 PM

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texturing question..

I've made a box, four lids that fold out and open. The top of the box, where the lids are is a different texture to the rest of the box - it reads...

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by JamesP

21-03-2007|03:44 AM

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maya foundation robot eyes

Hello all, I would like to set up the eyes from the small robot in the book learning maya foundation. they've skiped over much of modeling the...

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by jasmyno

20-03-2007|07:09 PM

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yet another rigging problem

I've stumbled across yet another rigging problem with my character... I've got my character set up and (more or less skinned) - although I have a...

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by JamesP

20-03-2007|03:43 PM

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Where? Maya Training...

Hello all... I Am a 3D arstist for a while now. I live in montreal, quebec, canada, and wanted to get to learn the software (maya)...But...not...

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by the_brein

20-03-2007|11:45 AM

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Alpha Channels

Hey guys, Just finished the alpha channels tutorial, and I was wondering if you can save files with alpha channels only as .tgaÕs. Can I save them...

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by Jr.Who

20-03-2007|09:04 AM

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Error when loading cloth plug-in

Hey guys, IÕm taking the cloth tutorial, and so I went to load the cloth plug-in and it came up with this error: // Error: No valid licenses to...

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by Jr.Who

20-03-2007|07:08 AM

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Attribute sliders stop short

In the Attribute Editor, I can't drag any 0-1 slider all the way to 1. It stops instead at 0.946, so I have to type a 1 into the field. I must be...

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by roach105

20-03-2007|06:57 AM

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middle mouse button

what should i do to drag an object in maya if i dont have the middle mouse button?please help,......

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by Radical Edward

20-03-2007|04:22 AM

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when to group and when to merge objects

when should you merge objects/verts and when should you just group them? im looking for instances and reasons. i have to think that it's much...

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by Radical Edward

20-03-2007|04:20 AM

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walk cycle

I have not done a whole lot of animation but I know how to get a walk cycle going but I don't know how to make the character walk across the scene. I...

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by farbtopf

19-03-2007|07:55 PM

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My clothes on my character don't animate

Heya guys Thanks to that Maya cloth tutorial, I managed to get my cloth to wrap in my character and now its in the state I am happy with. My...

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by mwarsame

19-03-2007|07:29 PM

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split edge ring tool

ok, here's the question - When you use the split polygon tool you can set the number of magnets to ensure that the split is precise - so if you...

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by arran

19-03-2007|07:09 PM

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recommend modeling

i was just wondering what you would suggest to model as a beginner as i am from animation and there are lots of things that people suggest to animate...

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by jtg91

19-03-2007|06:32 PM

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question about blend shape

i have this character that i started modeling using NURBS, after which i convert to sub div and finally to polygons so i can stich up my joints by...

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